Paper tray.



I. B, DAVIDSON.

PAPER TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31'

PATBNTED MAR. 13, 1906.

2 SHEETS-8HBET L PATENTBD MAR. 13, 1905.

P. B. DAVIDSON.

PAPER TRAY.

APPLICATIGfi rum) AB.3I,1904,

2 SESETS SEEET 2.

" UNITED STATES PAJFENT OFFICE.

AND DAVIDSON COMPANY, ()F EAST ORANGE, NE

PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

W JERSEY, A COR- PAPER TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

Application filed March 31, 1904. Serial No. 200,947. 7

To all whont it may concern..-

Be it known that I, FRANK B. DAVIDSON, a citizen of the United States, rcsidin st Merseilles, in the county of Leselle an State of bottom, and a. plurality of partitions extending inwerdl from said rim, and also to an im roved b ank for making such article.

he device herein illustrated is es ecially applicable for use is a. tray for pitchin in pails candies and lik merchandise, and when used in this manner the trays are filled and pieced in a candy-pail one over the other,

said trays thus being supported one upon the other and servin as horizontal separators or partitions by which the layers of candy in the pail are separately supported. A device havmg the same features of construction may, however, be used for other purposes, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the rim portion after it has been brought toether and locked. at its ends. Fig. 1* is a.

agmentar View of the rim, showing the manner of ockin the some closed. F1 2 is a plan View 0 the blank from WlllGl is formed the bottom of the tray. Fig. 3 is s. top plan view of the completed tra Fi i is a top plan View of the blank a ter it has been formed to constitute the bottom pertitions of the tray. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary pers ective View of the central portion of the b ank in a partially-folded position, showin the manner in which the central part of the blank is brought together. Fig. 6 IS an enlarged ers ective view showing the central part of t is b enk when it is completely formed.

A tre mad in accordance with myinvention em races :1 fiat bottom A, a. rim B, surrounding said bottom, and a plurality of pertitions A, extendin radially from the center of the tray toward 1: e rim. The said bottom Illinois, have invented certain new end usel and partitions are made from a blank A", 1 (shown in Fig. 2,) consisting of a single flat sheet of material properly out and scored to form said bottom and the pnrtitons. The rim B is formed by a. flat section or strip 13', pro vidcd on its lower margin with a plurelity of llaps B B, which when the strip is bent into circular form and connected with the bottom extend inwardly from the lower ed e of said strip. In the form herein shown t e bottom of the blank when complete is circular, and said stri B is therefore of circular form when its on s are brought together and joinedl The ends of the strip B are prefer ably secured together by means of a ton e b at one end of the strip, which enters aloe gslit 5 at the other end thereof, Fig. 1. The flops b are provided at theirinner or free ends with oppositely-directed locking-tongues i which are adapted to enter suitably-she e locking-slits a 1n the bottom blank, said s its being arranged in pairs for engagement with the psirs of oppositel directed lockingtongues 32*. The fie s of the rim section or strip are lain on are located in airs be tween the ockingflaps B. In t e completed tray the locking-flaps extend beneath the bottom, and the ton nos 6 thereof are inserted upwardly throug 1 the slits o in said bottom, while the plain flaps B are located above ssid bottom. The said bottom is therefore confined at its mar in between the lower flaps B and the upper s B, the former flaps serving the function silso of locking the rim to the bottom. 7

The partitions A are preferably made intogrel with and formed from the blank A of the tray. The blank from which the said bottom and portions are formed is shown in Fig. 2 and will now be described.

The blank is provided with two sets of score-lines a c, extending entirely across the blank and intersecting each other at the center thereof. Each set embraces three ersllei lines. Between the central scoreine a and the outside score-lines a a of each set are formed rectangular artition-sections a, which constitute when 'olded upwardly into flatwise engagement the partitions. The said score-lines divide the blank into four sector shaped arts 0., located in the four angles formed y said intersecting sets of score-lines. Said parts together constitute when the tray is set u the bottom A of the tray. Each part a is provided with one pair of lockingslits e. The rectangular part of the blank inclosed by the outside intersecting lines a at the center of the blank is divided by two right angle cuts a a and two side cuts a. into four rectangular tabs a which are joined to the partition-sections on opposite sides of the center of the blank and are separated from the other partition-sections by the lines of severance of. Score-lines (l extend across the bases of said tabs.

When the blank A is folded, the tabs e a are bent laterally outward and extend be tween the folded sections of the partitions which are at right angles to those to which the tabs are attached. The tabs may be readily folded in setting up the box by turning the blank bottom up and bending the previously-folded halves downwardly, so as to bring the blank into a U form, as shown in Fig. 4. At this time the tabs extend past the ad acent inner ends of the sections a as which are without tabs, and the tabs may be readily folded outwardly and into contact with said sections. W'hen the halves of the bottom are then brought into the same plane,

the partition-sections which are without tabs will be folded to ether with the tabs between them. The saiil tabs form an interlocking connection between the inner ends of the radial partitions, as set forth in my application for patent, Serial No. 200,946, tiled simultaneously herewith.

After the bottom and partitions have been formed in the manner described the rim-section is fitted thereto and locked thereon in the manner shown in hi". 13. Preferably two plain overlapping flaps I? are formed between each two adjacent lockinglaps B", and desirably the ends of the partitions which extend to the rim are inserted between the plain flaps of each pair, as shown in Fig. 3, or, what amounts to the same construction, the two flaps B ma be considered as a single flap provided with anotch toreceive the outer end of the partition.

The details of construction of the several parts of the tray may be varied without (learting from the spirit of my invention, and

do not wish to be limited to the specific details thereof except as hereinafter made the subject of specific claims.

So far as the rim and the means for connecting it with the bottom are concerned the radial partitions formed by folding upward radial sections of the bottom may be without the interlocking connections at the center of the bottom, which are shown and herein described, or in some cases the bottom may be unprovided with radial partitions.

, claim as my invention 1. A tray comprising a flat bottom and a rim consisting of a strip provided with flaps which extend beneath said bottom, said flaps having laterally and oppositely extending tongues, the tongues of each fia being inserted upwardly through two a jacent slits in the bottom and said strip being provided with other flaps extending inwardly from the rim over the bottom.

.2. A tray comprising a bottom provided with a plurality of radial artitions each formed by an upwardly-folde portion of said bottom, and a rim consisting of a strip the ends of which are secured together and which is provided with flaps that are folded beneath and have locking-tongues that enter slits in said bottom.

3. A tray comprising a bottom provided with a plurality of radial partitions, each formed b upwardly-folded partition-sec tions, ant some of which have at their inner ends tabs which extend between the folded sections of other partitions, and a rim consisting of a strip provided at its lower mar in with flaps some of which are folded inwardly and extend over said bottom and others of which are folded beneath the bottom and are provided with tongues which engage slits in the bottom.

4. A tray comprising a bottom provided with a lurality of radial artitions, each formed by upwardly folded partition sections, and a rim consistin of a strip provided at its lower margin with aps, some of which have overlapping enga ement with the margin of said bottom, an others of which have interlocking connection therewith.

5. A tray comprisin a bottom provided with a' plurality of ra ial partitions, and a rim consisting of a strip rovided with a pluralit r of inwardly-folded fla s extending beneat the bottom and provi ed with lockingtongues which are adapted to enter slits 1n the said bottom; the rim bein provided also between each two adjacent locTun -flaps with other fla s which extend over the ottom, the ends of t 1e partitions being inserted between two of the latter flaps.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 allix mysignature, in resence of two witnesses, this 21st day of It arch, A.

FRANK B. DAVIDSON. Witnesses:

TAYLOR E. BROWN, GERTRUDE BRYCE. 

